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Olle Melander

Olle Melander

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Medicine
Sweden
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
138
Citations
114845
World Ranking
1790
National Ranking
34

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Olle Melander is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans various subfields including Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Genetics, Physiology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's work frequently addresses topics such as Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Nutritional Studies and Diet, Diet and Metabolism Studies, Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology.

Melander has published papers in multiple renowned venues, with notable frequent publications in Scientific Reports, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), UNC Libraries, Research Square (Research Square), and Nature Genetics.

Recent publications include the following:

  • SCORE2 risk prediction algorithms: new models to estimate 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease in Europe, 2021, European Heart Journal
  • Genome-wide association and Mendelian randomisation analysis provide insights into the pathogenesis of heart failure, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Discovery of 318 new risk loci for type 2 diabetes and related vascular outcomes among 1.4 million participants in a multi-ancestry meta-analysis, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Genomic and drug target evaluation of 90 cardiovascular proteins in 30,931 individuals, 2020, Nature Metabolism
  • Global Effect of Modifiable Risk Factors on Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality, 2023, New England Journal of Medicine

Frequent collaborators in their research include Gunnar Engström, Peter M. Nilsson, Marju Orho-Melander, Luca A. Lotta, and Aris Baras. The collaborations reflect a broad network within cardiovascular and genetic research communities.

Best Publications

  • Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids

    Tanya M. Teslovich;Kiran Musunuru;Albert V. Smith;Andrew C. Edmondson

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Cristen J. Willer;Sonja I. Berndt;Keri L. Monda

  • Metabolite profiles and the risk of developing diabetes

    Thomas J Wang;Martin G Larson;Martin G Larson;Ramachandran S Vasan;Ramachandran S Vasan;Susan Cheng;Susan Cheng;Susan Cheng

  • Genome-Wide Association Analysis Identifies Loci for Type 2 Diabetes and Triglyceride Levels

    Richa Saxena;Benjamin F. Voight;Valeriya Lyssenko;Noël P. Burtt

  • Plasma HDL cholesterol and risk of myocardial infarction: A mendelian randomisation study

    Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Marju Orho-Melander;Ruth Frikke-Schmidt

  • A comprehensive 1000 Genomes–based genome-wide association meta-analysis of coronary artery disease

    M Nikpay;A Goel;Won H-H.;L M Hall

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    Hana Lango Allen;Karol Estrada;Guillaume Lettre;Sonja I. Berndt

  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease

    Heribert Schunkert;Inke R. König;Sekar Kathiresan;Muredach P. Reilly

  • Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

    Andrew P Morris;Benjamin F Voight;Benjamin F Voight;Tanya M Teslovich;Teresa Ferreira

  • Clonal Hematopoiesis and risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

    Siddhartha Jaiswal;Pradeep Natarajan;Pradeep Natarajan;Alexander J. Silver;Christopher J. Gibson

  • Novel subgroups of adult-onset diabetes and their association with outcomes: a data-driven cluster analysis of six variables

    Emma Ahlqvist;Petter Storm;Annemari Käräjämäki;Mats Martinell

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease

    Panos Deloukas;Stavroula Kanoni;Christina Willenborg;Martin Farrall

  • Six new loci associated with blood low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol or triglycerides in humans.

    Sekar Kathiresan;Sekar Kathiresan;Olle Melander;Candace Guiducci;Aarti Surti

  • Common variants at 30 loci contribute to polygenic dyslipidemia.

    Sekar Kathiresan;Sekar Kathiresan;Sekar Kathiresan;Cristen J. Willer;Gina M. Peloso;Serkalem Demissie

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure

    Christopher Newton-Cheh;Christopher Newton-Cheh;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Vesela Gateva;Martin D. Tobin

  • Genetic Risk, Adherence to a Healthy Lifestyle, and Coronary Disease

    Amit V. Khera;Connor A. Emdin;Isabel Drake;Pradeep Natarajan

  • Genome-wide association of early-onset myocardial infarction with single nucleotide polymorphisms and copy number variants.

    Sekar Kathiresan;Benjamin F Voight;Shaun Purcell;Kiran Musunuru

  • A comprehensive 1000 Genomes-based genome-wide association meta-analysis of coronary artery disease

    Majid Nikpay;Anuj Goel;Hong-Hee Won;Leanne M. Hall

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    H. Lango Allen;K. Estrada;G. Lettre;S. I. Berndt

Frequent Co-Authors

Gunnar Engström
Gunnar Engström Lund University
Marju Orho-Melander
Marju Orho-Melander Lund University
Peter M. Nilsson
Peter M. Nilsson Lund University
Bo Hedblad
Bo Hedblad Lund University
Leif Groop
Leif Groop Lund University
Sekar Kathiresan
Sekar Kathiresan Harvard University
Nilesh J. Samani
Nilesh J. Samani University of Leicester
Veikko Salomaa
Veikko Salomaa Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
John Danesh
John Danesh University of Cambridge
Christopher Newton-Cheh
Christopher Newton-Cheh Harvard University

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